A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is a type of an external intrusion used by malicious hackers to shut down the web servers of organizations – banking, commerce, government, and trade companies – by flooding or crashing them and exploiting vulnerabilities in their systems. Similarly, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a more extreme, complex form of DoS because hackers infiltrate a system from more than one location, increasing the volume of machines flooding a system and making it more difficult to track and shut down.
A standard penetration test is only a snapshot of what the security posture of your application or network had at the time of testing. Continuous penetration testing is a nonstop, ongoing pen testing process that more naturally simulates how an attacker will try to breach your defenses.
Let’s face it: no one can write 100% bug-free code all the time. Code review takes a hybrid approach that includes both automation and manual assessment to uncover flaws in your code and potential vulnerabilities. A code review looks for logic issues, security issues, and anything that would be exploitable if discovered and abused, and can also look at general code best practices for ongoing safety and security.
Whether you use a SOAP or REST API, a poorly secured API can open security gaps for anything that it is associated with. API penetration testing looks for vulnerabilities in the endpoints of your API, as well as configuration issues that could be exploited. In fact, some of the most common vulnerabilities are improper authentication and authorization issues within the API.
